Eduard Folayang Bests Ev Ting Across Five Rounds, Keeps One Championship Lightweight Title

The man they call “Landslide” backed up his stunning Nov. 11 upset
of Shinya Aoki
with a unanimous decision over challenger Ev Ting, as he
retained his lightweight title in the One Championship “Kings of
Destiny” headliner on Friday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila,
Philippines. All three cageside judges gave the nod to Folayang,
who finds himself on a four-fight winning streak atop the
Singapore-based promotion’s 155-pound weight class.

Ting made the champion earn it. They spent virtually the entire
25-minute bout exchanging on the feet, with Folayang delivering the
more decisive and damaging blows.

A Lakay MMA export, Belingon, 29, was merciless in his pursuits and
ultimately overwhelmed his Finnish counterpart. He cut down a
bloodied Tauru with a blistering right hand, pounced with more
punishment and forced the 32-year-old to verbally submit.

Belingon has rattled off back-to-back wins since his January 2016
submission loss to One Championship bantamweight titleholder
Bibiano
Fernandes.

Meanwhile, Honorio
Banario won for the fourth time in as many outings, as he
knocked out Jaroslav
Jartim in the second round of their lightweight showcase. An
unconscious Jartim met his end 1:31 into Round 2.

A competitive first round saw the two men trade takedowns and
jockey for position in a series of clinches. Banario executed
another takedown inside the first 20 seconds of Round 2 and applied
some half-guard ground-and-pound before surrendering top position.
He then scrambled to his feet and countered a body kick from Jartim
with a short right hook to the body and a vicious left hook
upstairs. Out went the lights.